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New Atlanticist

New Atlanticist is the Atlantic Council’s public policy blog. It seeks to provide expert analysis, accessible to a broad readership, on the most pressing issues facing the transatlantic community.

Inflection Points

A weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, Inflection Points focuses on the global challenges facing the United States and how to best address them.

UkraineAlert

UkraineAlert is a comprehensive online publication that provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture, with commentary drawn from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.

MENASource

The MENASource blog follows the transitions in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Syria, as well as other political and economic changes throughout the region. MENASource provides a platform for diverse perspectives from the US, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa on major issues that are at stake in the post-Arab Spring era.

SyriaSource

SyriaSource, a project of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, amplifies Syrian voices, alongside Atlantic Council researchers and fellows, to showcase issues most pertinent to Syrians. The blog features news and analysis directly from Syrian sources as well as international experts.

IranSource

IranSource provides a holistic look at Iran’s internal dynamics, global and regional policies, and posture through unique analysis of current events and long-term, strategic issues related to Iran.

EnergySource

EnergySource provides analysis and insight on key energy issues, making sense of key energy trends and their implications for geopolitics, geoeconomics, policy, and markets.

AfricaSource

AfricaSource provides in-depth analysis and incisive commentary by the Africa Center’s experts on the people and events shaping the present and future of the world’s most dynamic regions.

Econographics

Econographics help visualize and contextualize the most important trends and developments in the global economy.

TURKEYSource

TURKEYSource provides analysis and insight on Turkey and related developments with coverage from Turkish, regional, and international experts. This blog offers timely news and commentary on key issues related to transatlantic relations, energy, business, migration, and key players.

SouthAsiaSource

SouthAsiaSource is the Atlantic Council’s premier publication for South Asian affairs, covering areas such as economics and trade, governance, education, climate and environmental issues, politics and diplomacy, migration, security, and other areas.

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NATOSource

Jan 27, 2011

Afghans Purge Hundreds of Top Cops as NATO Cheers

By Spencer Ackerman, the Danger Room

New Atlanticist

Jan 27, 2011

Davos Dialog: China, Children, and Creativity

By Frederick Kempe

One of the charms of the World Economic Forum in Davos is the unexpected, memorable encounter – a meeting of formidable individuals so different they would be unlikely to meet elsewhere. Such was this evening’s dinner exchange between Amy Chua, the best-selling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,  and Larry Summers, the former Treasury […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 26, 2011

Leading Through Civilian Power When Military Power Gets Funded

By James Joyner

State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter argues that the United States much fundamentally restructure its foreign policy making apparatus in order to effectively engage the challenges of the 21st century.

New Atlanticist

Jan 26, 2011

Why Medvedev is at Davos

By Frederick Kempe

Dateline Davos – The security around this Alpine village has been even tighter than usual in anticipation of its opening, keynote speaker this evening, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Many of us were surprised that Medvedev kept his Davos date, despite this week’s terrorist attack. After a moment of silence, in which all paid respect to […]

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Jan 26, 2011

Atlantic Update 1/26/11

By Jason Harmala

Russia ratifies new START treaty, Ireland votes on its finance bill, and the fallout from Monday’s Moscow airport attack.

NATOSource

Jan 26, 2011

Stopping the Trans-Atlantic Drift

By Constanze Stelzenmüller and Tomas Valasek, the International Herald Tribune

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 26, 2011

NATO SEcGen welcomes Russian ratification of START

By NATO

From NATO:  Statement by the Secretary General on the Russian ratification of the new START Treaty I warmly welcome the ratification by the Russian Parliament of the new START Treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation. Following earlier ratification by the US Senate the entry into force of this important Treaty is good […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 26, 2011

NATO SecGen explains meeting with President of Uzbekistan

By NATO

From NATO:  Excerpts from press conference by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

NATOSource

Jan 26, 2011

Reform of NATO agencies to be presented in March, changes in military command structure chosen by June

By NATO

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jan 26, 2011

Obama highlights Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, START and NATO in State of Union Address

By the White House

From the White House:  Look to Iraq, where nearly 100,000 of our brave men and women have left with their heads held high.

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